Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rhos y Gelynnen Stone Row
Rhayader, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Rhayader, Powys, recorded as Stone Row (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone Row
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 31 October 2002
- Community
- Rhayader
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.25492, -3.60507
- SAM number
- RD195
- Cadw record number
- 3923
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a stone row, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and stands on the summit of Rhos y Gelynnen, forming an important element in a wider prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. The Rhos y Gelynnen Stone Row comprises a row of five standing stones aligned east to west, three upright and two fallen. The total length of the row is 9.1m.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Stone rows are often part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Rhos y Gelynnen Ring CairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cefn Llanerchi Standing StonesStone Alignmentunder 1 mi
- Carreg Ddu Viaduct and Submerged DamTransportunder 1 mi
- Foel Valve TowerWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.